Great War Theatre

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
18 Dec 1962 A Kiss For Cinderella Professional
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‘The Southport Repertory Company will make a start on “A Kiss For Cinderella” in the newly-renovated Victoria (Salford) [on 18 December]’. The Stage, 13 December 1962. ‘Many members of the Southport Repertory company, dispersed by the demolition of the Scala, have come together again under the veteran producer, Vint Graves, to present repertory in the re-opened Victoria Theatre, Salford. When the curtain went up there last week with a Christmas production of “A Kiss for Cinderella” it was the realisation of an old ambition for the Manchester business man Sam Goldberg. As a boy Mr. Goldberg saved his pocket money for a seat in the gallery of the Victoria. By the time it closed as a theatre he was in a position to buy the building and use it as a warehouse. But he never forgot the building’s real purpose. When the Southport Scala was pulled down and the resident company, of which he was a director, disbanded, earlier this year he decided to bring the Victoria back to life. Now the painters and decorators have gone, leaving the theatre with a fresh coat of blue, gold and pink pastel paint and equipped once more for its original role. The programme planned is ambitious but Vint Graves said last week: “There will be no highbrow stuff. Good wholesome entertainment with lots of drama, comedy and thrillers’. The Stage, 27 December 1962. The Stage, 3 January 1963, reviewed the production. The closing date shown is conjectural.